Patrick D. Bailey
Allegation / charges
Struck Off, Restitution Ordered | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered July 28, 2022. View PDF FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT NO: 32/2021 IN THE MATTER OF SIMONE WILLIAMS and PATRICK DELANO BAILEY an …
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The Attorney, Patrick Delano Bailey, was retained by the Complainant and received US$17,640.18 on her behalf on 19 February 2021. Despite repeated requests, he failed to pay or account for the funds. The Committee found him guilty of professional misconduct under Section 12(1)(a) of the Legal Profession Act and struck him off the roll. He was ordered to pay restitution of US$17,640.18 plus 3% interest, costs of JMD 300,000 to the Complainant and JMD 150,000 to the General Legal Council. No express finding of dishonesty was made.
Duties found breached:
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_costs_amount=450000"]
Documents
Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/patrick-d-bailey-complaint-no-32-of-2021-formal-order/